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Joint Committee on Educational Evaluation ( JCSEE)

Program Evaluation Standard Statements

In order to gain amiliarit! with the conceptual and practical oundations othese standards and their applications to e"tended cases# the JCSEE strongl!encourages all evaluators and evaluation users to read the complete $oo%#availa$le or purchase at http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=ook!"#$%&' and reerenced as ollows:

&ar$rough# '. .# Shulha# . *.# +opson# ,. .# and Caruthers# . .(0122). The program evaluation standards: A guide for evaluators andevaluation users (3rd ed.). 4housand 5a%s# C: Sage

4he standard names and statements# as reproduced $elow# are undercop!right to the JCSEE and are approved as an merican 6ational Standard.7ermission is reel! given or sta%eholders to use them or educational andscholarl! purposes with attri$ution to the JCSEE. uthors wishing toreproduce the standard names and standard statements with attri$ution tothe JCSEE ma! do so ater noti!ing the JCSEE o the speci8c pu$lication orreproduction.

(tilit) Standards

4he utilit! standards are intended to increase the e"tent to which program sta%eholders 8nd evaluation processesand products valua$le in meeting their needs.

(* Evaluator +redibilit)Evaluations should $e conducted $! 9uali8ed people who esta$lish and

maintain credi$ilit! in the evaluation conte"t.

(! ,ttention to StakeholdersEvaluations should devote attention to the ull range o individuals and

groups invested in the program and aected $! its evaluation.

(" -egotiated Purposes Evaluation purposes should $e identi8ed and continuall! negotiated $ased on

the needs o sta%eholders.

( Eplicit 0alues Evaluations should clari! and speci! the individual and cultural values underpinning

purposes# processes# and judgments.

($ 1elevant In2ormation Evaluation inormation should serve the identi8ed and emergent needs osta%eholders.

(3 4eaning2ul Processes and Products Evaluations should construct activities# descriptions# and

judgments in wa!s that encourage participants to rediscover# reinterpret# or revise their understandingsand $ehaviors.

(& 5imel) and ,ppropriate +ommunicating and 1eporting Evaluations should attend to the

continuing inormation needs o their multiple audiences.

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(6 +oncern 2or +onse7uences and In8uence Evaluations should promote responsi$le and adaptive

use while guarding against unintended negative conse9uences and misuse.

9easibilit) Standards

4he easi$ilit! standards are intended to increase evaluation eectiveness and e;cienc!.

9* Proect 4anagement Evaluations should use eective project management strategies.

9! Practical Procedures Evaluation procedures should $e practical and responsive to the wa! the

program operates.

9" +ontetual 0iabilit) Evaluations should recogni

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,$ In2ormation 4anagement Evaluations should emplo! s!stematic inormation collection# review#

veri8cation# and storage methods.

,3 Sound Designs and ,nal)ses Evaluations should emplo! technicall! ade9uate designs and anal!ses

that are appropriate or the evaluation purposes.

,& Eplicit Evaluation 1easoning Evaluation reasoning leading rom inormation and anal!ses to

8ndings# interpretations# conclusions# and judgments should $e clearl! and completel! documented.

,6 +ommunication and 1eporting Evaluation communications should have ade9uate scope and guard

against misconceptions# $iases# distortions# and errors.

Evaluation ,ccountabilit) Standards

4he evaluation accounta$ilit! standards encourage ade9uate documentation o evaluations and a metaevaluativeperspective ocused on improvement and accounta$ilit! or evaluation processes and products.

E* Evaluation Documentation Evaluations should ull! document their negotiated purposes and

implemented designs# procedures# data# and outcomes.

E! Internal 4etaevaluation Evaluators should use these and other applica$le standards to e"amine the

accounta$ilit! o the evaluation design# procedures emplo!ed# inormation collected# and outcomes.

E" Eternal 4etaevaluation 7rogram evaluation sponsors# clients# evaluators# and other sta%eholders

should encourage the conduct o e"ternal metaevaluations using these and other applica$le standards.